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Change These Default Settings and Be Happier With Your Tech
Many default settings buried deep inside our technology make us share superfluous amounts of data with tech companies. In my…
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Astronomers May Have Found the Galaxy’s Youngest Planet
Over the last 30 years, astronomers have found more than 5,000 exoplanets, an eclectic menagerie of worlds far from our…
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Tracking Ships (and Sharks) and Tying Knots: Apps to Enrich Your Seaside Vacation
Of all summer’s pleasures, few are as irresistible as a getaway by the water, be it an ocean, lake or…
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The Greenest Block Grows in Brooklyn
Good morning. It’s Wednesday. We’ll find out why a block in Crown Heights is Brooklyn’s greenest. And, how much has…
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Your Blue State Won’t Save You: Why State Politics Is National Politics
Produced by ‘The Argument’ Last week, Kansans voted in overwhelming numbers to protect abortion rights in their State Constitution —…
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FIFA Proposes Last-Minute Change to World Cup Schedule
Qatar has had 12 years to plan for the World Cup. Now, with the first games of the tournament just…
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At the U.S. Open, Serena Williams Was a ‘Game Changer’
In 1998, when Serena Williams made her singles debut at the U.S. Open, it was typical to see a crowd…
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In the Amazon, a U.N. Agency Has a Green Mission, but Dirty Partners
RESGUARDO BUENAVISTA, Colombia — At the edge of the Colombian Amazon, in an Indigenous village surrounded by oil rigs, the…
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Una agencia de la ONU con una misión verde y socios sucios en la Amazonía
RESGUARDO BUENAVISTA, Colombia — En el borde de la Amazonía colombiana, en una aldea indígena rodeada de torres de perforación…
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Hunting for Voter Fraud, Conspiracy Theorists Organize ‘Stakeouts’
One night last month, on the recommendation of a man known online as Captain K, a small group gathered in…